* Thanks, Nick--I have been pursuing that idea--maybe just extract the
regexp, sed/grep etc.

** But I was just thinking maybe there is a simple way to capture the pop
up "LINK: file:foo.txt balloon" as you put it--into a file or fifo.

*** Then all sorts of things could be done with it--I'm thinking maybe
OrgMode could be used with the lights out/if your blind/screen blinks
out---well, OrgMode could be partially used...one could pipe it to a
text-to-speech program for example---and/or logging where the mouse has
been in an OrgMode document.


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > * I know that this will toggle the mouse-highlight "messages that
> pop-up" when you move a mouse over
> > a "LINK: " in OrgMode:
> >
> > (setq mouse-highlight (not mouse-highlight))
> >
> > ** Now, is there a simple way to send the "messages that pop-up" to a
> file?
> >
>
> They are already in a file: the org file that contains the link.
> A link like this  [[file:foo.txt][foo]] pops up a LINK: file:foo.txt
> balloon, so a suitable grep/sed combination suffices.
>
> But I suspect that this is not a satisfactory answer: what exactly are
> you trying to do?
>
> Nick
>
> > *** Maybe to a FIFO?
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Alternatives:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
>